This A’s team hasn’t played a game at Chase Field since 2015. Chris Bassitt had never pitched there in his big league career.
“This place is different pitching,” Bassitt said. “The ball doesn’t move the right way.”
The A’s also haven’t played the Arizona Diamondbacks since 2018, so they had to adjust to the team’s elaborate and invasive sign relaying methods. It got to a point where Bassitt, the day’s starter, was flashing signs across his chest to catcher Austin Allen. Between innings, the pair h. . .